El Hierro volcano helps to improve algorithms used by satellites

El Hierro volcano helps to improve algorithms used by satellites

Information provided by satellites on the amount of chlorophyll-A and the roughness of the sea following the eruption of the underwater volcano off the island of El Hierro (Spain) did not coincide with the actual data collected in situ by vessels carrying

New swarm of earthquakes started at El Hierro, Canary Islands

New swarm of earthquakes started at El Hierro, Canary Islands

A new swarm of earthquakes started yesterday at El Hierro, Canary Islands. So far, almost 200 tiny quakes (none above magnitude 3 so far) have occurred in a broad N-S oriented area beneath the NE part of the island at around 18 km depth. 

A possible explanation

Sudden increase in seismic activity at El Hierro, Canary Islands

Sudden increase in seismic activity at El Hierro, Canary Islands

ER is reporting a sudden increase of seismicity at El Hierro, Canary Islands, today. It's too soon to talk about a new crisis, but with five 2+ magnitude earthquakes on 13 earthquakes this looks more than the usual small M1 quakes reported in the recent

Earthquake swarm at El Hierro intensifies with an increase in CO2 emission

Earthquake swarm at El Hierro intensifies with an increase in CO2 emission

The intensity of ongoing earthquake swarm at El Hierro island increased on March 28, 2013. 119 earthquakes have been recorded so far at depths of 16-18 km. A few weaker quakes have also been recorded at lower depth of 7-10 km, possibly related to release of stress

Eyes on the El Hierro island, Canary Islands – new earthquake swarm reported

Eyes on the El Hierro island, Canary Islands – new earthquake swarm reported

A new swarm of earthquakes started on December 31, 2012 at El Hierro Island in Canary Islands and continued into the early days of 2013.  Volcano Discovery is reporting that most earthquakes are located at 15 – 20 km depth under El Golfo and seem to propagate slowly

Seismic crisis on El Hierro far from over – swarm of earthquakes continues

Seismic crisis on El Hierro far from over – swarm of earthquakes continues

Swarm of earthquakes continues on El Hierro, Canary Islands. 89 earthquakes were listed today by IGN, updated at 19:30 UTC. 12 of these earthquakes had Magnitude of M3 or more. The strongest one was a M 3.6 earthquake at 11:13 UTC.  The center of the activity is

Volcanic activity at the beginning of 2012

Volcanic activity at the beginning of 2012

We are entering into 2012 with ongoing volcanic activity at El Hierro (Canary Islands), Fuego (Guatemala),  Karymsky, Kizimen and Shiveluch (Kamchatka, Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii), Popocatépetl (México), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Sakura-jima (Kyushu,

El Hierro on red alert – additional beaches closed

El Hierro on red alert – additional beaches closed

The earthquakes are increasing gradually in number at El Hierro submarine volcano area. Since midnight IGN has listed 37 earthquakes. The strongest one was at 15:32 UTC a 3.7 earthquake was listed by IGN and felt by the Herreños. The  epicenter was close to the